Wausau area Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks support

Waiting list of kids still growing

2:56 AM,
Dec. 10, 2012

Raina Calhoun, 9, looks at a book with her 'big,' Sara Tatro of Weston, at Barnes & Noble in Rib Mountain. The two wrapped gifts at the store Friday night as a fundraiser for Big Brother Big Sisters of Northcentral Wisconsin.

Written by

Katie Hoffman
Daily Herald Media

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northcentral Wisconsin has a list of more than 160 kids waiting to be matched with mentors, and a list of mentors ready to be matched with those kids as the holidays approach.

What it doesn't have is the cash needed to fund the connections between kids who crave the attention and influence of a big brother or sister and the adults ready to step into those roles.

"We're at a standstill, we can't do any new matches until we have the funds to do so," executive director Tom Kellnhauser said Friday. "We hate to ask, but this is so important. We hate having a waiting list at all." ...